Lincoln's Counsel
Author | : Arthur L. Rizer, III |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-07-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781627229302 |
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Author | : Arthur L. Rizer, III |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-07-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781627229302 |
Author | : Arthur L. Rizer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Forensic oratory |
ISBN | : 9781614380535 |
Author | : Frederick Trevor Hill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Brian R. Dirck |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2008-12-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0252076141 |
What the law did to and for Abraham Lincoln, and its important impact on his future presidency
Author | : Michael Connelly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781761471629 |
Author | : Brian McGinty |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2015-02-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 087140785X |
The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight. In May of 1856, the steamboat Effie Afton barreled into a pillar of the Rock Island Bridge, unalterably changing the course of American transportation history. Within a year, long-simmering tensions between powerful steamboat interests and burgeoning railroads exploded, and the nation’s attention, absorbed by the Dred Scott case, was riveted by a new civil trial. Dramatically reenacting the Effie Afton case—from its unlikely inception, complete with a young Abraham Lincoln’s soaring oratory, to the controversial finale—this “masterful” (Christian Science Monitor) account gives us the previously untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.
Author | : Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Presidents |
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Author | : Roger Billings |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813139937 |
Lincoln scholars explore the president’s law career in this informative volume, examining his legal writings on matters from ethics to the Constitution. As our nation's most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. In Abraham Lincoln, Esq., notable historiansexamine Lincoln's law practice and the effect it had on his presidency and the country. This volume offers new perspectives on Lincoln’s work in Illinois as well as his time in Washington. Each chapter offers an expansive look at Lincoln's legal mind and covers diverse topics such as Lincoln's legal writing, ethics, Constitutional law, and international law. Abraham Lincoln, Esq. emphasizes this overlooked period in Lincoln's career and sheds light on Lincoln's life before he became America’s sixteenth president.
Author | : John Thomas Richards |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Lawyers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dan Abrams |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2018-06-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1488095329 |
The award-winning, New York Times–bestselling chronicle of the sensational murder trial that would be the capstone of Lincoln’s legal career. In the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old “Peachy” Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. When Harrison’s father hired Abraham Lincoln to defend him, the case took on momentous meaning. Lincoln’s debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had transformed the little-known, self-taught lawyer into a respected politician of national prominence. As Lincoln contemplated a dark-horse run for the presidency in 1860, this case involved great risk. A loss could diminish Lincoln’s untarnished reputation. But the case also posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The victim had been his friend and his mentor. The accused killer, whom Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office. Lincoln’s Last Trial vividly captures Lincoln’s dramatic courtroom confrontations as he fights for his client—but also for his own blossoming political future. It is a moment in history that shines a light on our legal system, our history, and one of our greatest presidents. A Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award